Ex-KAT-TUN singer Tanaka arrested again for drug possession, 9 days after getting suspended sentence

Japan Today -- Jul 01

Police in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, on Thursday arrested a former member of KAT-TUN, an all-male idol group, on suspicion of violating the Stimulants Control Law, just nine days after he was convicted and given a suspended sentence for a similar crime earlier this year.

According to police, Koki Tanaka, 36, was acting in a “suspicious manner” outside Kashiwa Station at around 10 p.m. Thursday, Kyodo News reported. Police did not specify what Tanaka was doing, but said that he tried to avert their gaze as they approached him.

Police said Tanaka had in his possession a plastic bag containing stimulants.

The arrest came after the Nagoya District Court convicted Tanaka on June 20 and sentenced him to 20 months in prison, suspended for three years. ...continue reading

Jul 01 (ANNnewsCH) - アイドルグループ「KAT-TUN」の元メンバー、田中聖容疑者(36)が覚醒剤を所持していた疑いで逮捕されました。9日前に執行猶予付の有罪判決を受けたばかりの田中容疑者。何があったのでしょうか。  ...continue reading